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believed to be most stable- currency boards and inflation targeting. We find that under either regime tensions are likely to … arise from the attempt to meet the accession criteria of a low inflation rate and a stable exchange rate. Due to likely … appreciation. Thus a currency board arrangement may well fail to produce an inflation rate below the Maastricht ceiling, unless the …
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The paper provides a systematic comparison of the Eurosystem, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan. These monetary authorities exhibit somewhat different status and tasks, which reflect different historical conditions and national characteristics. However, widespread changes in central...
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Thinking of what a global currency could be or represent - an idea on which the authors have strong public opinions - the question of the central banks’ role and conduct during the last crisis has become not only complex but a changing one. As regards this latest process, we feel that we...
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Like the Bank of Japan (BOJ) a decade ago, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has recently taken a number of unprecedented steps to stabilize its foundering financial system. This paper describes the Fed’s and the BOJ’s responses to their countries’ crises, highlighting the similarities and...
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Nahezu alle Institutionen -Kündigungsschutz, Gewerkschaften, Lohnspreizung, Arbeitslosenversicherung etc.- wurde verdächtigt und schuldig gesprochen die tragische Entwicklung der Arbeitslosigkeit in Europa verursacht zu haben. US-amerikanische Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen wurden zum Benchmark...
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In the long history of rising and persistent unemployment in Europe almost all institutions - employment protection legislation, unions, wages, wage structure, unemployment insurance, etc. - have been alleged and found guilty to have caused this tragic development at some point in time. Later,...
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Narratives are under-theorised and until recently under-recognised as core variables influencing the speed and direction of changes in expectations and, therefore, as core macroeconomic variables that shape the policy processes of central banks. The author examines below how the thousands of...
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observed and anticipated changes in inflation and other economic variables. This model provides a useful framework detailing … monetary policy and helping policymakers mainly to react strongly to inflation. …
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believed to be most stable- currency boards and inflation targeting. We find that under either regime tensions are likely to … arise from the attempt to meet the accession criteria of a low inflation rate and a stable exchange rate. Due to likely … appreciation. Thus a currency board arrangement may well fail to produce an inflation rate below the Maastricht ceiling, unless the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689895
The correlation between savings and economic growth has been the subject of research for some well-known economists. This study provides further insight on such correlation by examining the case of Kosovo from both a qualitative and quantitative research methodology. The data used was from 2010...
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